Leicester City boss Nigel Pearson says his Foxes will attack the Premier League

Pearson, 50, feels he has been “pigeon-holed” as a boss who doesn’t take risks

The Premier League’s newest manager is ready to throw off his “conservative” image and attack in the top flight.

Nigel Pearson led the Foxes to the Championship last season with 102 points and 83 goals.

But Pearson, 50, feels he has been “pigeon-holed” as a boss who doesn’t take risks.

He hopes to banish that perception after maintaining the core of players from last term who got City promoted in style.

Last term’s top scorer David Nugent, who bagged 22 goals, is finally close to signing a new contract at the King Power Stadium.

Pearson also remains in the hunt for Brighton’s star striker Leonardo Ulloa.

And Pearson insists Leicester will not park the bus in a bid to inch to Premier League survival.

Pearson, in his second spell at the club, said: “People like to pigeon-hole you and say the way we are going to build it is always going to be very conservative. That is not the case. We will be exciting.

“There is an air of confidence in the players and we have a belief in the players.

“I would be naïve to think it is all about being loyal to people, it is about building a side that is capable and adding key players when possible. I don’t just want to sign angels.

“Our next goal for ourselves as a club is to establish ourselves in the Premier League.”

Pearson made it a key aim this summer to retain their best out of contract players like Kasper Schmeichel and Wes Morgan who have both since committed themselves.

The club’s Thai owners suggested they wanted to be more ambitious and spend more on bigger names to target Champions League football in future.

But Pearson, who recently penned a new three-year deal, added: “We are on the same page in terms of where the club is at the moment.

“If you look at how some clubs have done in the past they got it horribly wrong. We continue to plan in a way which is not conservative, just sensible.”

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